Category: Sherdog News

Glory held its 20th event Friday, and the capacity crowd in Dubai witnessed the Netherland’s Robin van Roosmalen retain his lightweight title against rival Andy Ristie. In the co-feature, Glory crowned a new featherweight champion as Gabriel Varga toppled Mosab Amrani for the vacant belt.

Daniel Pineda did not allow Jonny Carson to steal his thunder.

In recent months, Joe Schilling has made a splash in both the Bellator MMA cage and the Glory kickboxing ring.

Cage Fury Fighting Championships welterweight titlist Jonavin Webb has signed with the UFC and will make his Octagon debut against Kyle Noke on May 10.

Chad Mendes and Ricardo Lamas have both tried and failed to unseat Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight boss Jose Aldo. Now, they meet one another, the carrot still very much dangling in front of them.

Pride Fighting Championships veteran Tatsuya Kawajiri will make his first Ultimate Fighting Championship appearance since April 2014 when he takes on Dennis Siver at UFC Fight Night “Gustafsson vs. Teixeira,” according to a report from Asia MMA.

Niklas Backstrom will meet Noad Lahat in a featherweight showdown at UFC Fight Night “Gustafsson vs. Teixeira” on June 20.

The Legacy Fighting Championship 41 main event is official, as both Daniel Pineda and Jonny Carson hit their contracted marks at Thursday’s weigh-ins.

Despite what UFC President Dana White might say, don’t rule out a Georges St. Pierre comeback just yet.

Just weeks removed from his second consecutive knockout loss, Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight Sam Stout reflected on the defeat and his future in mixed martial arts on “The Jeff Leeson Show.”